This temple complex lies on the outskirts of Mgarr.
In the sixties, excavations revealed the foundations of a number of neolithic
huts, thus providing evidence for open settlement in the earliest phases
of the island's prehistory. A part of this settlement was destroyed
during the later half of the Temple Period and the rubble obtained was
used for the foundations of two megalithic temples. Despite not being
as impressive as the other megalithic monuments, the site gave invaluable
information on the Neolithic and Temple periods of the Maltese Islands.
The excavations also helped in the recognition of two new neolithic phases
and corrected the existing maltese prehistoric cultural sequence.
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